tomorrow!

well as I said in my last blog tomorrow is the day!

I have made it public as I need all the support I can get!


I will ask people for sponsorship so please support me!

weight

last Monday I went and saw the dietitian, she told me I was required to loose at least 4 stone (dont ask me what that is in modern measures!) so as of Monday I started to diet!

I mentioned this to my boss at work who was all enthusiastic and suggested I go one step further and do a sponsored slim!

the first official weigh in will be Wednesday when I do duties at the centre and then the challenge will start!
I will keep any readers (if there are any) updated!!

fund-raising.

I am going to sit down and think about some fund-raising opportunities
a couple of thoughts have crossed my mind, number 1) a return trip for the curry night but with a Scottish theme, number 2) is a disco this will occur sometime after the new year once the Braemar Panto is over and done with (getting into the hall before then is a kerfuffle, I know as I am involved!)
another suggestion was a sponsored "something" (walk, bike-ride, slim!)

I am going to approach some of the larger companies in Aberdeen see if they could fund us with a donation or in some other way.

ideas are coming all the time.

whats in a name?

we have two names to find
name number one is the team name a few suggestions so far are:
team haggis, mmm original!!!
team Scotland, mmm even more original!!
team neep (turnip) no thanks!
and Howard suggested one and I cannot for the life of me remember it! he did however suggest wearing a kilt for the whole trip mmm do I want to be bitten by mossies in some more delicate parts of my body no thanks!!

the other name is the land rover I cannot do that till he or she arrives back here in bonnie Braemar
that is scheduled for the 5th of September or when I get my 110 back!


update looks like team Jockland is a favourite

UPDATE ok team jockland is off team JOCKS IN FROCKS it is!!

1174 miles

I learnt one thing on Friday!!! Don't trust the bloody Sat Nav!! yes it says 7 hours from the borders of Scotland to south Wales and yes it says the Quickest route is turn left at the top of Wales and go down the coast DON'T!!!! go the long way via the Motorway.

I left my home at 6am drove down to the borders picked up my crew-mate Janis at 9(ish she slept in!!)
ok the traffic on the M6 was crud (as normal!!) took us an hour to go 3 miles!!

we made it to Fishguard at 1930 I had driven for around 11 hours!

we met supporters of the run and some of the other participants
supper was good and filling (starving!!) and Howard Janis and I had a question and answer session

we drove home yesterday taking less than 8 hours to Janis's

I got home at 11.30 and surfaced at around 8 this morning!

looks like its going to be fun!